BOULDER — Colorado is really struggling in Pac-12 play but it can’t blame injuries. At all. The Buffaloes (3-4 overall) hasn’t lost a single starter to injury this year. It has lost only 17 from its entire roster through seven games and only 12 on its two-deep. That includes seven by reserve tailback Josh Ford.

Many are quick to credit strength and conditioning coach Dave Forman, whom Mike MacIntyre brought with him this year from San Jose State. That’s where Forman cut the Spartans’ number of games lost from 80 the year before he arrived to 28 last year.

Colorado’s string of good luck could end Saturday at UCLA if star receiver Paul Richardson (ankle) and leading rusher Michael Adkins II (concussion) don’t play.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.